The purpose of this paper is to highlight the pros and cons of different models of the European Union (EU)-style Rules of Origin (RoO) that could be chosen by negotiators for a future UK–EU Free Trade Agreement (FTA). It will also underline the impact that any choice would have on economic operators and certain criteria that should be evaluated before taking any decisions on the adoption of RoO.,The paper will describe three different RoO models that could be chosen by negotiators. For each of them, it analyses the pros and cons and the impact on economic operators.,The choice of a RoO would have an impact on future EU–UK trade relations. It will affect the utilization rate of the FTA as well as investment (and divestment) corporate strategies in the UK and EU.,The paper introduces different criteria to evaluate the impact of RoO that should be taken into consideration by negotiators. It emphasizes that RoO should be simple, predictable, coherent, IT compatible and easily adaptable.

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英国脱欧与欧盟-英国自由贸易协定：起草原产地规则时的注意事项

本文的目的是强调欧盟（EU）样式的原产地规则（RoO）的不同模型的优缺点，谈判者可以为未来的英国-欧盟自由贸易协定（FTA）选择这种模型。它还将强调任何选择对经济运营商的影响，以及在对采用RoO做出任何决定之前应评估的某些标准。本文将介绍谈判者可以选择的三种不同的RoO模型。对于它们每个人，它分析了利弊以及对经济运营商的影响。RoO的选择将对未来的欧盟-英国贸易关系产生影响。这将影响FTA的利用率以及英国和欧盟的投资（和撤资）公司战略。本文介绍了评估RoO影响的不同标准，谈判者应该考虑这些标准。它强调RoO应该简单，可预测，一致，与IT兼容且易于适应。